“Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don’t have any.”

-Jane Russell, here posing for The Outlaw’s (1943, dir. Howard Hughes) poster art (via drmacro)

Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell take a break on the set of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, (1952, photo by Ed Clark)

“Marilyn is a dreamy girl. She’s the kind who’s liable to show up with one red shoe and one black shoe.”

-Jane Russell

Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953, Howard Hawks)

Or else.

(Jane Russell, circa 1956)